grandMA video has been designed to provide an optimal solution to meet these requirements. As a result, grandMA video is capable of controlling, by means of the grandMA consoles, any commercially available pc server hardware and the video projector plugged into this server.
In cooperation with Publitec, MA Lighting also offer an integrated system solution consisting of special 19" server hardware (publitec proVideor) and moving video lights (beaMovers), which are based on a modular design. The grandMA consoles are at the heart of such a system and can be network-linked to a maximum of 15 grandMA video applications using MA-Net. This interactivity ensures that grandMA video can be used at full capacity, including the entire range of effects available, say the company.
grandMA video is the only media server on the market that can be fully integrated into the network protocol of a lighting console and is not just triggered via DMX, say the company. Bidirectional communication between the grandMA console and grandMA video with all associated advantages is possible using MA-Net (via Ethernet). This ensures a minimum of setup and configuration is required and the grandMA console allows for direct access to the server (content browser), previewing the content as thumbnails in the preset. The PC can therefore be placed with the projector or moving video light, so there is no need for long video cables.
grandMA video can also be set up in such a way that only those function and layer parameters actually used take up available parameter capacity. While this improves the overview, it also increases the system's performance and ease of operation. At a maximum, each grandMA video application will use up to 201 parameters when working with six layers and the master layer.
(Sarah Rushton-Read)
